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Units Conversions and WPF

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:50:47 GMT

One of the typical localization issues when developing applications is that of units conversion - the conversion of one measurement system to another. Though the mathematics involved in such conversions is, in most cases, very simple, the semantics surrounding the process of changing units is less so. This article is a look at the typical problem faced by developers when implementing support for units conversion in C# applications. In it, we hope to explore the many caveats and problems typically encountered by developers.

Exception Handling - Do's and Dont's

Thu, 08 May 2008 01:16:02 GMT

Exceptions provide a consistent mechanism for identifying and responding to error conditions. Effective exception handling will make code more robust and easier to debug. Exceptions are a tremendous debugging aid because they help answer...

How DotNetKicks posts are being ripped off for other sites!

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:01:02 GMT

How posts from DotNetKicks are being copy-and-pasted wholesale into other sites. Is your hard work blogging just being stolen for other companies traffic?

There's some darkness in your silver light.

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:16:05 GMT

Rob voices his complaints about Silverlight 2.0 from the perspective of a developer of WPF and Flash applications.